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In a feature in the Toronto Star, Clyde Cohen writes "It's been a strange year for popular music. The emergence of rock and roll ["beat music"], which the cultural academia profess to be a 'fad', is gaining momentum. Even a cursory look at the CHUM Radio Top 100 reveals an uneasy commingling of traditional performers - such as Perry Como and Patti Page - with more eccentric appellations, be they Bill Haley And The Comets, Elvis Presley, or Dusty Carr. What's going on?"
The Rock And Roll Trio, featuring Johnny Burnette and Dorsey Burnette, appears on the Amateur Hour Finals, broadcast live on tv in the USA from Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. They do not win.
In a feature in the Toronto Star, Clyde Cohen writes "It's been a strange year for popular music. The emergence of rock and roll ["beat music"], which the cultural academia profess to be a 'fad', is gaining momentum. Even a cursory look at the CHUM Radio Top 100 reveals an uneasy commingling of traditional performers - such as Perry Como and Patti Page - with more eccentric appellations, be they Bill Haley And The Comets, Elvis Presley, or Dusty Carr. What's going on?"
Despite the host's earlier denouncement of Elvis Presley as too suggestive for his show, the emerging King is allowed a slot on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA. Sullivan, however, declines to introduce him, leaving that chore to actor Charles Laughton. Pandemonium ensues among the teenage audience, and the show is a turning point in rock history. Watching at home in New Jersey is a seven year old boy called Bruce Springsteen who immediately convinces his parents to buy him a guitar. Watching in Lubbock, Texas, is Buddy Holly.
Johnny Dankworth And His Orchestra with Cleo Laine and Frank Holder play at St George's Hall, Bradford, UK.
The Rock And Roll Trio, featuring Johnny Burnette and Dorsey Burnette, appears on the Amateur Hour Finals, broadcast live on US tv from Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA. They do not win.